Go to Blenheim. That’s what we did yesterday. Tara and I traveled with our students to Blenheim Palace, a country house just outside of Oxford that is the seat of the Duke of Marlborough. Built in the early 18th century, the palace is massive: 187 rooms, some of them with soaring vaulted ceilings painted in […]
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Yesterday I spent most of my day “in the sticks.” The 14 miles between Oxford and Newbridge are the most rural I’ve encountered so far. About halfway into the 14 mile ramble the path diverts off the Thames and makes its way through miles of sheep pasture. It was unexpectedly delightful, a nice diversion from
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Yesterday I cancelled my social ethics class so that all of our students could watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The ceremony was somber and moving. Following the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Tara and her sister watched the processional to Buckingham Palace and then the final burial of the Queen. I made my way
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Our Study Abroad group has entered our third week in Oxford. By now, students are getting settled. This weekend was the first for some of our students to head off on their own. Yesterday a group spent the day in Bath. We have a second group that booked their accommodations in London before the death
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It wasn’t supposed to be this way. I hopped the train from Oxford to Tilehurst via Reading on Thursday morning eager for the 12 1/4 mile ramble to Henley-on-Thames, a global hub for rowing sports that attracts some of the best crew teams in the world every year during the Henley Royal Regatta. When I
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Yesterday I completed the third leg of my Thames River Ramble, a 15.4 mile hike from Wallingford to Tilehurst, a suburb on the outskirts of Reading. The hike was smooth, though I’m still not hitting the 3 MPH goal I was setting for myself. I left Oxford around 6 AM, started from Wallingford around 7
